Founded in 1970 in France, Pinard Group specialises in the design and manufacture of packaging solutions for prestige and luxury brands in the BPC space through Pinard Beauty Pack (PBP) subsidiary and for pharmaceutical customers through its Lablabo subsidiary, the inventor of the bag-in-bottle airless technology, acquired in 2019. The Group addresses prestige and masstige brands, while serving a long-standing clientele. Distribution is primarily focused on France (60%) where most trades are, followed by the Rest of Europe (30%) and US (10%).

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About Barings
Barings is a $409+ billion* global asset management firm that partners with institutional, insurance, and intermediary clients, and supports leading businesses with flexible financing solutions. The firm, a subsidiary of MassMutual, seeks to deliver excess returns by leveraging its global scale and capabilities across public and private markets in fixed income, real assets and capital solutions.

*As of June 30, 2024

About Bluegem capital Partners LLP
Bluegem is a pan-European specialist private equity firm investing in value-oriented consumer staple businesses across the value chain (B2C; B2B2C; B2B) underpinned by non-discretionary demand and supported by megatrend tailwinds. The Bluegem Investment Team work alongside experienced Portfolio Management and Functional Experts, to deploy a proven toolkit for accelerating value creation. The Bluegem value acceleration playbook is underpinned by data analytics and includes, among other things, 360-degree digitalisation of the businesses (including the use of artificial intelligence), international expansion and product innovation. With a track record of investing across Europe through different economic cycles, Bluegem focus on businesses with characteristics of consumable products; low ticket but premium products; non commodity items; with repeat purchase patterns within seven distinct segments: Beauty & Personal Care, Home Care, Baby Care, Pet Care, Food & Beverage, Consumer Health and Enthusiast Products.

About AREV
AREV I SCA, SICAV-FIAR invests in European private companies across the Healthcare, Digital & Technology, BtoB Services & Products, and Consumer sectors. We target businesses that we can significantly transform or scale, partnering with ambitious entrepreneurs and management teams. Our approach combines strategic, financial and operational expertise, in conjunction with our wide-reaching industry network. Founded by two experienced private equity executives and with more than €300m under management, AREV I seeks to deploy capital in companies that have an EBITDA comprised between €5m to €15m, with equity tickets ranging from €25m to €75m.